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Drug spending falls for first time in 6 decades
An explosion of cheap generic substitutes for widely used prescription drugs last year helped drive the first decline in pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. in nearly six decades. Drug makers often lament what they call the patent cliff, which is when...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Health Insurance, Plavix (drug), Medical Research, Consumers
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Pfizer's new Viagra strategy
What makes Viagra so interesting? On Monday, my colleague Chad Terhune wrote about Pfizer’s plan to begin selling its little blue pills directly to patients on the company’s website. And within a couple of hours, the story was listed among ...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Viagra (drug), Prescription Drugs, Pfizer Inc.
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An insider's view of generic-drug pricing
Bob Toomajian worked for 16 years as Kaiser Permanente's drug purchasing manager for Southern California, giving him an insider's knowledge of how medications are priced before reaching consumers. When it comes to patented name-brand drugs, he told me,...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Drugs and Medicines, Federal Trade Commission, Novartis AG, U.S. Supreme Court
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Grapefruit doesn't mix well with some drugs, researchers remind
Los Angeles TimesIt’s been known for a long time that eating grapefruit and taking certain prescription oral medications — including the cholesterol drugs atorvastatin, lovastatin and simvastatin as well as some cancer and heart drugs — don’t mix. ...Tags: Chemical Industry, Lovastatin (drug), Simvastatin (drug), Statins (drugs), Pharmaceuticals
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Consumer Confidential: Ticketmaster refund, Lipitor probe
Money & CompanyHere's your fool-to-cry Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --If you bought a ticket through Ticketmaster between October 1999 and October of this year, you're due for some cash -- $1.50, to be precise. Because of a...... -
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Consumer Confidential: Black Friday comes early, another Lipitor recall, McD's told to pay up
Money & CompanyHere's your feel-the-burn Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Remember when "Black Friday" came the day after Thanksgiving? Not any more. Customer-hungry stores are launching their year-end sales earlier than ever, with some rolling out... -
Consumer Confidential: Apple TV catches on, 3-D TV doesn't, Pfizer recalls Lipitor
Money & CompanyHere's your two-for-the-road Tuesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Because Apple just doesn't get enough free publicity, here's the latest: The company says it's on the verge of selling 1 million Apple TV set-top boxes, and expects...... -
Many more people not getting their medications, study finds
Booster ShotsIt is probably a sign of the bad economy, but more Americans than ever are not getting the prescription drugs they need, according to new data prepared by Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions of Bridgewater, N.J., which monitors drug sales in......
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